Weeknote 105: Year 3

Achievements this week included: - great meetings with folk from a big PR agency now doing mobile... - ... and colleagues from our Advertising business - spouting Innovation Equations at the Ignite Shoreditch event - a fascinating meeting with neuroscientists at Oxford - pulling together a short workshop on creativity - and doing it all … Continue reading Weeknote 105: Year 3

Weeknote 104: biennial

Achievements on the last week of my second year of weeknoting: - continuing to refine the new year plans for evangelism - good catch up time with friends in St James' - an entertaining day at the Methodist Central Hall for LeWeb - and the pleasure of hearing that for someone my views "renewed their … Continue reading Weeknote 104: biennial

Weeknote 103: just me and the boys…

Achievements this week included: - analysis of the current apps world from some consistent sources - four great sessions at the Cloud Computing World Forum - solid progress on setting performance objectives for the team for the new Financial Year - role specs for some new positions in the team defined - and reviewing of … Continue reading Weeknote 103: just me and the boys…

Weeknote 102: jubilee

Achievements this week included: - surviving the monsoon conditions at our street party for Liz with good, solid British stoicism - getting some great insight into the gaming industry with a colleague from Microsoft Studios - a fantastic day at the BizSpark European Summit, listening to start ups, investors, and other interesting types - some … Continue reading Weeknote 102: jubilee

Weeknote 101: the one that people are scared of…

Achievements this week included: - helping to start implementing a new team structure, and my new role  - a good day spent in Old Street at Reasons to be Appy - many conversations started about the world of Marketing and Apps... - ... and many more booked in the diary - surviving the annual staff … Continue reading Weeknote 101: the one that people are scared of…

Weeknote 100: tonne up

Achievements this week included: - booking lunch with a Baroness - further shaping of plans for the year ahead - a productive cross-company manager's forum - a reasonable volume of blogging - writing hash tags on a coffee cup to prove a social media point Next week: the jollity that is calibration.

Weeknote 99: sea legs

Achievements this week included: - further new financial year planning - thoughts on a workshop for fellow members of the management team - running a couple of enjoyable sessions at the ITDF - attending a stack more - and some great conversations with IT leaders from across the UK about where IT goes next - … Continue reading Weeknote 99: sea legs

Weeknote 97: mobilising

Achievements this week included: - continuing the new year planning process - starting conversations within the team about our two-year vision - getting ITDF work wrapped up - plans for a Future of IT presentation at the Cloud World Forum - and another for UK housing associations in the autumn - finally got my hands … Continue reading Weeknote 97: mobilising

Weeknote 96: New beginnings

Achievements this week included:OK - a great day with our new boss Anand - beginnings of planning for the new financial year - kicking off my mission to get the whole UK DPE team living Windows 8 - plans for getting out to talk about Windows 8 with people who want to know (if you … Continue reading Weeknote 96: New beginnings